Far-right groups gain ground in Sweden and Germany amid migrant influx

Malcolm Brabant:

About a million migrants flocked to Germany in 2015. Chancellor Merkel has constantly defended her pro-refugee policies, but now she was punished by voters who believe they have ignored their concerns.

Chancellor Merkel promised to listen to the people who voted for AFD, and she says that she will try to win them with what she calls good politics. But she will not face the party of her coalition.

But the Chancellor must find new partners ready to be difficult for immigration.

As she tries to forge a coalition, the Chancellor agreed to put an annual ceiling of 200,000 on the number of immigrants, which she previously refused to do. But will it be enough to alleviate the people who deserted it in the elections?

A question for Werner Patzelt, political scientist at the University of Dresden.